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|  Posted 03-06-2011 at 14:36
Hi Emmski,
I'm pleased you enjoyed your Newgrange visit. Well done for getting up and going to see how your theory fits in a real place.
Yes, our knowledge of what the ancients did and why they did it, and then why they did it exactly where they did it, is pretty much not much.
Some of their constructions took so long to build and were done in so many stages that it's not certain the people who did the original work envisaged the outcome we see today.
Also, once you think you've found a theory that fits at least one part of the different constructions, you find lots more that don't conform. For me, that's the interest, the never-ending wonderment at what they achieved and how it's stood there for so many thousands of years.
Very interesting to hear those comments about the quartz façade. Little has attracted more criticism of the reconstruction than that, it just looks *so* wrong. When I was there, the guide said they had found those quartz blocks and river pebbles scattered outside the mound and three times O'Kelly built a section of wall that we see today, three times he simulated its collapse over time and all three times, the scatter pattern was identical which is why he decided that's what the outside walls were clad in.
Also, if it was used as flooring in - was it Knowth? - I wonder why it's not mentioned more prominently, it was such an important material to the mound and circle-builders.
I hope your trip has served to pique your interest further, we're always interested to hear about new theories or site-visits and discoveries.
Rune
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